Naomi

Thanks for the routine, hope you don't mind me using it in my framework. I thought I recognized the name Nosonovsky in the code documentation (which I did leave intact) but the first name threw me (Nadya). You have answered questions for me before.

As I looked at the code once more, I discovered I don't even need the stopSrch boolean I added. I could have just used your m.halt boolean to accomplish the same end. You set esca on and it appears filer terminates when escape is pressed. To end the function I added:

IF stopSrch
   RETURN "search Terminated"
ELSE 
   RETURN  m.lcRetPath + m.tcFileToSearch && Path to the first found file + file searched for
ENDIF 

By the way, what does AFAIK mean??

Vince